Documentation

Everything you need to run, use, and extend your ANetBBS.

Getting Started 3

ANetBBS Overview 00-overview
Quick Start 01-installing
Full Install Guide INSTALL

Daily Operations 5

Sysop daily ops 02-sysop-daily-ops
Menus and the data-driven engine 03-menus
Multinode + NodeSpy 09-multinode-nodespy
Spam control 11-spam-control
Upgrading 12-upgrading

Networks & Mail 2

Echomail (FidoNet + Dove-Net) 06-echomail
File areas 07-file-areas

Look & Feel 2

ANSI screens 04-ansi-screens
Themes 08-themes

Doors & Games 3

External programs (the `exec` action) 05-external-programs
Door games 14-door-games
Synchronet door compatibility 15-synchronet-compat

Web Features 3

Personal web pages 10-personal-pages
Image galleries 13-image-galleries
RSS Reader 16-rss-reader

Development 1

Development 17-development

Reference 4

ANetBBS Changelog CHANGELOG
Ports used by ANetBBS PORTS
Security defaults & production hardening SECURITY
MSP Loopback Test (ANetBBS ↔ ANetBBS) MSP_LOOPBACK_TEST

Other 5

ANetBBS federation directory (`anetbbs.lst`) 20-federation
Scheduled events 21-scheduled-events
Running ANetBBS in Docker 22-containers
ANetBBS on Raspberry Pi — Full Install Guide INSTALL-PI
Importing an existing BBS file base FILEBASE-MIGRATION

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